Lara Logan wasn’t assaulted because she’s blonde and they’re Muslim

Please. No. Even though I am shocked at the frames appearing around the stories of Lara Logan’s assault, I must admit I suspected this would happen.

In their frenzy to leverage on two salient aspects to the story, some media outlets are going horribly but predictably wrong. What are the two juicy, salient aspects?

One, the story of Egypt is still a simmering one. It’s not all over yet. We’re still interested, the streets are still warm with the marching of people, and, gasp, would you believe that a pro-democracy movement can still leave Muslim men in charge? The Muslim Brotherhood? Doesn’t that sound terribly wrong? Oh, grow up. Read a little.

This story isn’t about “animals” attacking Little Red Riding Hood, as this story in The New York Post makes it out to be. Why did I have to come across this? It makes me want to read a little less.

This story isn’t about women asking for it because they’re pretty and they’re pretty in places where they shouldn’t be. Logan is a journalist. She will go where journalists go. And the story definitely isn’t about Logan’s “controversial” sexuality. Please. I am not linking this post to any of that nonsense. If you really need to read that kind of material, you know where to go.

Salon.com has it right with this story. Let’s try and focus on this story as a violent crime, and remember that violent crimes happen all over the world. Let’s examining the dangers for journalists covering stories of war and unrest.